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The Long Road – U.S. Oil Deals Have Venezuela Poised for Long-Term Growth, But It’s Far from Certain (opens the original)
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Venezuela’s oil industry spent more than a decade moving in the wrong direction, but 2026 has brought a notable change. Today, we look at the improvements in production and exports in light of Venezuela’s sweeping new deal with the U.S. and also address the prospects for the refining sector.
Here You Come Again – Is Gas Production in the San Juan Basin’s Mancos Shale Poised to Rebound? (opens the original)
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E&Ps active in the San Juan Basin’s Mancos Shale think it has real potential, but acknowledge that regional natural gas prices would have to be higher to justify the investment. What Mancos producers need, they say, is better access to premium markets like Arizona and northwestern Mexico. A new pipeline might help.
Room To Move – Pipeline Expansions Add Breathing Room for Permian Crude Moving to Corpus Christi (opens the original)
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The oil pipelines from the Permian to Corpus Christi have been very crowded, but two recent expansion projects are adding nearly 200 Mb/d of capacity to Corpus Christi, providing a bit of breathing room. Gray Oak wrapped up a two-part 120 Mb/d expansion in May, and Plains All American completed its 75 Mb/d expansion of Cactus III (formerly EPIC), which just went into service in August.
New Level – ONEOK Levels Up its Permian Presence With $4.4 Billion Brazos Midstream Deal (opens the original)
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ONEOK is buying Brazos Midstream’s Midland Basin natural gas gathering and processing assets for $4.425 billion. ONEOK says this acquisition will more than double its Midland Basin processing capacity to roughly 2.3 Bcf/d.
Electric Avenue – How Chevron’s Project Kilby Aims to Rewire the Permian Basin for the AI Power Era (opens the original)
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Artificial intelligence is reshaping the global energy landscape faster than any technological shift in recent memory. Chevron’s Project Kilby, a natural‑gas‑fired power plant built specifically to supply an AI data center, represents a strategic pivot for Chevron into a new business vertical.
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